Last night was the 2012 Critics’ Choice Awards. The two films that stood out were “The Help” and “The Artist”. So check out the winners. I will put besides each one Culture’s Slants choices of who should of won. No politics involved in my choices.
Best Picture
The Artist – WINNER
The Descendants
Drive
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
The Help
Hugo
Midnight in Paris
Moneyball
The Tree of Life
War Horse
(Culture Slant says no winner, all these are not worthy.)
Best Actor
George Clooney – The Descendants – WINNER
Leonardo DiCaprio – J. Edgar (Culture Slant’s Choice)
Jean Dujardin – The Artist
Michael Fassbender – Shame
Ryan Gosling – Drive
Brad Pitt – Moneyball
Best Actress
Viola Davis – The Help – WINNER
Elizabeth Olsen – Martha Marcy May Marlene (She showed her tits, she wins)
Meryl Streep – The Iron Lady
Tilda Swinton – We Need to Talk about Kevin
Charlize Theron – Young Adult
Michelle Williams – My Week with Marilyn
Best Supporting Actor
Christopher Plummer – Beginners – WINNER
Kenneth Branagh – My Week with Marilyn
Albert Brooks – Drive
Nick Nolte – Warrior
Patton Oswalt – Young Adult
Andy Serkis – Rise of the Planet of the Apes (Amazing in this film, Winner)
Best Supporting Actress
Octavia Spencer – The Help – WINNER
Berenice Bejo – The Artist
Jessica Chastain – The Help
Melissa McCarthy – Bridesmaids (Hilarious, should of been Winner)
Carey Mulligan – Shame
Shailene Woodley – The Descendants
Best Young Actor/Actress
Thomas Horn – WINNER (We agree)
Asa Butterfield
Elle Fanning
Ezra Miller
Saoirse Ronan
Shailene Woodley
Best Acting Ensemble
The Help – WINNER
The Artist
Bridesmaids (Hilarious, should of won)
The Descendants
The Ides of March
Best Director
Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist – WINNER
Stephen Daldry – Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Alexander Payne – The Descendants (Heard this was great, so he wins)
Nicolas Winding Refn – Drive
Martin Scorsese – Hugo
Steven Spielberg – War Horse
Best Original Screenplay
Woody Allen – Midnight in Paris – WINNER
Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist
Will Reiser – 50/50 (Good movie, and only one we have seen, he wins)
Tom McCarthy and Joe Tiboni – Win Win
Diablo Cody – Young Adult
Best Adapted Screenplay
Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin – Moneyball – WINNER (Agree)
Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash – The Descendants
Eric Roth – Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Tate Taylor – The Help
John Logan – Hugo
Best Cinematography
Janusz Kaminski – War Horse – WINNER
Newton Thomas Sigel – Drive
Robert Richardson – Hugo
Guillaume Schiffman – The Artist
Emmanuel Lubezki – The Tree of Life
Morning KetchUp
- Chris Martin mad at Gwyneth for wearing Brad Pitt’s jewelry–celebitchy
- Did Heather Locklear try to commit suicide?–Eonline
- Brad Pitt hits Critics’ Choice Awards solo–PopSugar
- Check out Beyonce’s birthing suite–dlisted
- Olivia Munn’s new nude Peta Ad–JustJared
- Khloe Kardashian made at Lamar for seeing strippers–Radar




